ⓒ 2014

Ever Evolving Bio-Business

October 15 (WED) -17 (FRI), 2014
Organizer: BioJapan Organizing Committee
Japan Bioindustry Association
Japan Health Sciences Foundation
Japan Association for Techno-innovation in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Japan Biological Informatics Consortium
Japan Association of Bioindustries Executives
Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
NPO Kinki-Bio-industry Development Organization
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth
Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine

ICS Convention Design, Inc.

ReportJapan Bioindustry Association
November 2014

Topics of BioJapan2014
Asia's No.1 Partnering Event
Almost all pharmaceutical key players joined
Abbvie, Ajinomoto Pharmaceuticals, Asahi Kasei Pharma, Aska Pharmaceuticals,Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Amgen, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chugai pharmaceutical,Daiichi Sankyo, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, Eisai, Eli Lilly, GSK, Janssen Pharma, Japan Tabacco,
Johnson & Johnson, Kaken Pharmaceutical, Kissey Pharmaceutical, Kowa, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, LEO,Maruho, Meiji Seika Pharma, Merck Serono, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Mochida Pharmaceutical,MSD, Novartis Pharma, Ono Pharmaceutical, Pfizer, Sanofi K.K., Shionogi, Taisho Pharmaceutical,Takeda Pharmaceutical, Toray and others“Open Innovation Zone”- promoting networking on chemical, food and healthcare field

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings, Sumitomo Chemical
JBA Functional Foods R&D Team (Daicel, FUJIFILM, Hamamatsu Photonics, Kirin, KOBAYASHI
Pharmaceutical, Nippon Flour Mills, SUNSHO PHARMACEUTICAL, TAKARA BIO)
JBA Healthcare Study Group (Hamamatsu Photonics, Mitsui Chemicals, National Institute ofTechnology and Evaluation, Tokyo Institute of Technology)2Participants
Exhibition & Partnering
800

510

600
400

607

678

Exhibitor : 538(479 at BioJapan2013)

295

Partnering : 140(128 at BioJapan2013)

200
Overseas 20802011

2012

2013
Overseas 89

8000

2000

Overseas 204

Meetings

6000
4000

2014

1600

3372

4747

5801

02011

2012

2013

2014

Track Records
2012

2013

2014

510

607

678

Companies

868

1,054

1,127

Delegates

Meetings

3,372

4,747

5,801

Meetings

Visitors

12,36912,487

12,734 Visitors

Exhibition& Partnering

Exhibition

SeminarPartnering

4Keynote Speeches

Hiroto Izumi

Gladys H. Monroy

Masatoshi Ito

Special Advisor to the Prime
Minister

Senior Partner,
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Representative Director, President &CEO, Ajinomoto Co., Inc

Realization of Healthyand Longevity Society byThe Healthcare Policy

Recent Supreme Court
Decisions:
The Effect On Obtaining andEnforcing Patents on
Biological Products in the U.S.

Growth Strategy of Unique FoodCompany Driven by Technology

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Updating the Front of iPS Cell
Research

Shinya Yamanaka
Kyoto University

Masayo Takahashi
RIKEN

Regulatory Reform for Regenerative Medicine in Japan

Yuzo Toda
Forum for Innovative
Regenerative Medicine

Yoshihide Esaki
Ministry of Economy, Tradeand Industry (METI)

Daisaku Sato
Setsuko Hashimoto
Office of Cellular and Tissue-based
CellSeed Inc.
Products, Pharmaceuticals and Medical
Devices Agency (PMDA)

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Biocluster Summit - Strengthening of International Cooperation This session aims at introduction of the activities of biotechnology clusters of Japan, the United States of America,
Europe, Oceania, and Asia this time.
And this session also aims at further strengthening of collaboration among the clusters, and matching among thecompanies (the major companies, bio-venture companies, etc.) of each cluster.

Japan:All Japanese
BioRegions
CommiteeThailand:Thailand Center of
Excellence for Life
Sciences

Germany:
Munich and Bavarian
Biotech Cluster

New Zealand:
New Zealand
Biotechnology
Sector

Scotland:Scottish DevelopmentInternational

Spain:ASEBIOUS:US:France:France:

BIOCOM

Massachusetts Life
Sciences Center

ALSACE BioValley

LYONBIOPOLE

Japan:
Yokohama Kanagawa
Bio-Business Network

Japan:
Northern Osaka
Bio MedicalCluster

Japan:Fukuoka BioValley
Project7

New Health-care Systems and Management

Kenichi Matsubara
DNA Chip Research Inc

Yuzuru Matsuda
Kato Memorial Bioscience
Foundation

Shigeyuki Nakaji
Hirosaki University Graduate
School of Medicine

Atsushi Ugajin
Hitachi, Ltd. Information &Telecommunication
Systems Company

Life-innovation Forum: Innovation Strategy Based on Business Environment with Insights fromDynamic Changes in Science and Technology

Tatsumi Yamazaki Mitsuru Miyata(JBA)Nikkei Business
Publications, Inc.

Yoshihide Esaki
Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry(METI)

Ichiro Nakatomi
NanoCarrier Co.,Ltd.

Naoya Bessho
Yahoo! JAPANTsuyoshi Ito
De Lorean Ventures

8Public Claims for Functional Foods- Scientific Evidence and Proper Indication

Keiko AbeThe University ofTokyo

Kazuo Sueki
The General Incorporated Association ofInternational Foods & Nutrition

SeminarJun Nishihira
Hokkaido Information
UniversityMari Maeda-Yamamoto
Food Function Division, National Food
Research Institute, NARO

143 sessions 316 speakers
Number of Session andPresentation

Number of Speakers

19 sessions

81

22 sessions

85Annex Hall
Organizer’s Seminar(Including Keynote Speeches)
Sponsored Seminar/ Luncheon Seminar

Sponsor : 17, Luncheon : 5

Exhibition HallPrivate sector and overseas
presentation
Academic Presentation

106 companies andorganizations

112

45 universities and institutes

66

9Exhibition

10

JBA Open Innovation Zone of Healthcare Study Groupand Functional Foods R & D Team

12 Exhibitors, 44 Presentations

886 Audiences, 649 Visitors

- ＪＢＡ ＢＩＯＴＥＣＨ ＳＱＵＡＲＥ where 23 venture companies participated inJBA supports Japanese biotechs
to find their business partners at BioJapan !
12Partnering

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Reception

Day 1Intercontinental Yokohama Grand

Opening: Yoshihiko Hatanaka (Japan Pharmaceutical Manufactures Association)
Toast:
Yuzo Toda (Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine)Partnering Party

Day 2Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse14

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